The Herald reports photos of the deceased attacker and his victim have been traced as far back as the Twitter account of a Cuban puppet named Pepe Billete, who posted them on Instagram and Twitter Monday night.

The character, whose Twitter account notes "opinions expressed on this account are for entertainment purposes only," is infamous in Miami for his YouTube videos and Miami New Times columns in which he rants about local issues in Spanglish. He later indicated the images were taken down after he was reported to Instagram. (See update below.)

The fact that you would post that is just awful. This poor man is going to die or never have a normal life again and less than 24 hours after it happens you're posting these pics to get some web traffic? --ThisIsSad

This is a damn shame that Gawker has to resort to this to get pageviews. Has it occurred to anyone that this man has probably not be identified yet and maybe his immediate family has not be notified of his condition. Do you really want your darkest hour to be photographed and plastered all over the internet. --Essie22

UPDATE, 2 p.m.: Responding to media reports, Pepe Billete said the photos did not originate with him: